Anne: A Novel

by Constance Fenimore Woolson

"Anne: A Novel" by Constance Fenimore Woolson is a novel first published in 1880. The story follows Anne Douglas as she leaves her home on Mackinac Island to seek her future in the Northeastern United States. Among wealthier Victorian society, she encounters hypocrisy and troubled relationships despite attracting many suitors. This work of American literary regionalism became a bestseller, celebrated for its vivid depictions of Great Lakes settings and its contrast between rural virtue and industrial society.